188 STARTING AND OPERATING
The six ParkSense sensors, located in the front
fascia/bumper, monitor the area in front of the
vehicle that is within the sensors/ field of view.
The sensors can detect obstacles from
approximately 12
inches (30 cm) up to
47
inches (120 cm) from the front fascia/
bu
mper in the horizontal direction, depending
on the location, type and orientation of the
obstacle.
PARKSENSE WARNING DISPLAY
The ParkSense Warning screen will only be
displayed if “Sound and Display” is selected
from the Customer Programmable Features
section of the Uconnect system
Ú page 224.
The ParkSense Warning screen is located within
th
e instrument cluster display Ú page 115. It
provides visual warnings to indicate the
d
i
stance between the rear fascia/bumper and/
or front fascia/bumper and the detected
obstacle.
PARKSENSE DISPLAY
The warning display will turn on indicating the
system status when the vehicle is in REVERSE
or when the vehicle is in DRIVE and an obstacle
has been detected.
The system will indicate a detected obstacle by
sh
owing a single arc in one or more regions
based on the obstacle’s distance and location
relative to the vehicle.
If an obstacle is detected in the center front
re
gion, the display will show a single solid arc in
the center front region and will produce a
one-half second tone. As the vehicle moves
closer to the obstacle, the display will show the
single arc moving closer to the vehicle and the
sound tone will change from a single 1/2 second
tone to slow, to fast, to continuous.
If an obstacle is detected in the left and/or right
fr
ont region, the display will show a single
flashing arc in the left and/or right front region
and will produce a fast sound tone. As the
vehicle moves closer to the obstacle, the
display will show the single arc moving closer to
the vehicle and the tone will change from fast to
continuous.